Oxygen inflating device.



PATENTBD JUNE 13,'1905.

T. P. POMEROY.

OXYGEN INELATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 19, 1904.

Wig/zag WMI/ll vWitnesses ttomegs ive-792,348.

Patented J' une 13, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS P. POMEROY, OF FREEPORT, MICHIGAN.

OXYGEN INFLATING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,348, dated June 13,1905.

Application led December 19, 1904:. Serial No. 237,561.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. POMEROY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freeport, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Oxygen Inflating Device, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for supplying gaseous or semigaseousbodies to affected parts medicinally, more particularly for use 1nveterinary practice, and has for its object to produce asimply-constructed and efficacious device of this class, whereby thegaseous body may be supplied under any desired pressure and purified andsterilized and antiseptically treated before discharge from the device.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same Vconsists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,there is illustrated a preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of theparts may be resorted to without departing from its principle orsacriiicing any of its advantages.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation ofthe improved device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1 with the cover of the receiver removed.

This device is employed to transmit a gaseous body under pressure, andis more particularly designed for use in veterinary practice, andespecially for treating parturient apo leXy, or what is generally knownas nnk-fever, in cows or other diseases of the udder; but while thedevice is more particularly applicable to the treatment of diseases ofthis character it will be understood that the invention is not to belimited thereto, as it may be eifectually employed for many other puroses.

T e improved device comprises a receiver 10, having a detachablemouthpiece 11 preferably threaded thereon, and provided with adetachable closure 12, preferably threaded upon the mouthpiece. DisposedWithin the receiver 10 is a tubular member 13, entering the receiver atone side near the bottom and provided With means, such as a threadedsleeve 14, for attachment to an air-pump 15, as by a threaded nipple 16on the pump,there being a valve 16a provided in the nipple to preventthe air that has been forced through the member 13 from returning duringthe upward stroke of the piston. This valve may be of the usual or anypreferred construction, and therefore needs no detailed description. Theupper portion of the receiver l() is coupled to the pump by an inclosingband 17 and clamped in position by a transverse bolt 18 and its nut 19.The pump is preferably provided with a foot loop or rest 20 to enablethe operator to hold the pump steady while operating the plunger-rod 21.

The upper end of the tubular member 13 is enlarged into a chamber22 andprovided With a perforated closure 23, preferably threaded upon thechamber for ready removal from or attachment thereto, and provided witha stem or stud 211, accessible through the mouthpiece 11, so that theclosure 23 may be readily removed from or attached to the chamberthrough the mouthpiece. The chamber 22 is designed to hold a sponge,medicated cotton, or similar material 25 for charging With antiseptic orother material or compound, and to support the sponge or like materialthe bottom of the chamber is provided with transverse-spaced wires 26,or a section of wirenetting may be employed for this purpose, ifpreferred. An additional mass of sponge, cotton, or the like materialmay be placed within the space between the chamber-closures 12 and 23,as indicated at 27, if found necessary or desirable.

Connected, as by a threaded nipple 28, to the bottom of the receiver isa discharge-conduit 29, preferably of exible material, such as rubberhose or the like, and terminating in a tubular member 30, havingperforations 3i at the outer end. The member 30 Will be small enough tobe thrust through milk-ducts in the teats of a cow and into the udderWhen the device is employed for treating parturient apopleXy and likediseases and will be detachable from the conductor member, as by athreaded nipple 32, to permit instruments of other forms to besubstituted when required.

Vith an apparatus such as described it is obvious that a gaseous bodymay be caused to pass under pressure through the receiver l0 anddischarged from the relatively small apertures 3l in the outlet end ofthe member 3() and also caused to pass through the intercepting spongesorlike material 25 to 27 and be therebyT antiseptically or otherwisetreated or charged. Ordinarily the gaseous body passed through thedevice Will be the common atmosphere and denuded of all impurities bythe compound, such as carbolic acid or the like, carried by theintercepting sponges or other material, so that only the purified airfinds its Way from member 3() When the oxygen therein Will be in propercondition to perform the requisite remedial effects. The gaseous bodythus treated may be subjected to any desired degree of pressure anddischarged from the member 30 with any desired degree of force andinflate the udders of cows to any desired extent when the device isemployed in the treatment of such parts or organs.

The parts are all readily detachable for cleansing or renewal, and thedevice can be inexpensively manufactured. and will be very durable andefficient in operation. The sponges or other like members 25 to 27 maybe quickly removed for recharging or renewal and as readily reinserted,as will be obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is" 1. Anapparatus' of the class described comprising a receiver, a tubularmember arranged therein and carrying a chamber disposed near one end ofthe receiver to contain an antisepticized material, a conduitcommunicating with the other end of the receiver and terminating in anozzle, and means cone necting With the tubular member for forcingaeriform iiuid under pressure therethrough.

2. An apparatus of' the class described comprising a receiver, adetachable closure combined With one end thereof, a tubular memberarranged Within the receiver and provided with a chamber disposed nearone end of the receiver to contain an antisepticized material, aperforated cap detachably connected with the chamber and provided with astem disposed Within the mouth of the receiver, means for supplying anaeriform 'lluid under pressure through the tubular member and thechamber, and means for conducting such fluid from the receiver.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising a receiver, a tubularmember disposed therein and provided at one end with a chambercontaining an antisepticized material, the intake end of the memberbeing 'lur- -nished with a threaded sleeve, an air-pump having athreaded extension engaging the sleeve, a conduit communicating with thereceiver and terminating in a laterally-disg charging nozzle, and a bandencircling the pump and the receiver and provided with means to secureit in position around the parts.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a receiver, a tubular membertherein provided at its upper end with a chamber, means communicatingWith the tube 'for supplying an aeriform i'luid under pressure thereto,a perforated closure for the chamber, and a conduit communicating withthe receiver near its lower end and terminating in a nozzle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS P. POMEROY.

l/Vitnesses:

I. E. MOORE, L. R. WoLCoTT.

